Soap-dispensing device



June-23,1925. A 11545631 F. TODT l SOAP DISPENSING DEVIE /NvEN-ron FREDERICK Top'r v June 23, 1925.

1,543,631 F. Tom' son nrsrsnsrue Dnvrcn Filed Sept. 1, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 56.4. I i3d" IN vENrQR f By FREDE/Plfr TZDT l A rrys.

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FREDERECK @DTi-,10F Los ANGELES, CALIFORNrA, Assreioia 7ro PEnaLEs-s soar COMPANY, .QF LOS ANGELiisciiLIFORNIA, lA CORPORATION OF- Onmroanre.

soAPQnIsPENsINe; DEVICE.

Application Vfiled. September T 0 all'wwm t may concern.'

Be it known 'that l, FREDERICKV TODT, a citizen of Germany, Vresiding "at Los An# geles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements' in Soap-Dispensing Devices, of which the following Ais aspecification.'

This invention relates to dispensingdevices, andmore particularly'to a device for dispensing plastic and .paste-like substances more especially pastes'oapfv 'Y It is 'an object of thepresent invention to provide a simple7 very snbstan'tial, practicable and effective device for dispensing-measuredfjor predetermined quantitiesof pastelike substance. e' Another ob] ect is 'to' A:provide a paste dispensing device rwhich will'be rsubstantially/,air tight so as to reservethe mate# rial in the container' of the` device 'and to prevent the same from.ha rdening vor Y'evaporating. Another object is''to'provid'e a: mechanical dispenser in which the parts are very compactly arranged'and have numerous peculiar and several functions afs:4 will l be fully explainedmor'e in detail later. An-

other *obj ect isto provide a'v gear vmecha-nism of such constructionv and'fo'rm offar'rangenient as to vavoid clogging'v or'ffilling'v and,

therefore, providing'for easy operation of the device. 'l

A further object isto provide acontainer with .means for positively ejpressing fthe substance being Idispensed `from the A container chamber proper into a dischargingni'ech# anism 'andv in which-"container there isv arranged means coordinate'with 'the express# ing'means so as to operate to advanceA material at a uniform rate to the `pressing material and, therefore, to eliminate compression by excessof advance of material fromthe container to the expressing'means. Another object toprovide a pressing means: having capacity for :uncovering'an outletopening, advancing the material thereto and 4thensev- ,ering or cutting off the'di'scharge.

Anotheizobject is to .provide an extremelyV simple and practicable means 'for permitting the ready recharging of tl'iecontaine'r, andespeoially ,to provide a follower vor presser head which Inlay bequickly removed from its actuating 'means irrespective" of the position of the'head in thecontainer.

,Another object is to provide a presser headso that while 'it may vbeefectively' actuated in its advancing'function to discharge the :paste 'from the container, the head 'will be prevented from-rotating during operation Oflthe device. l Anotherl object is to provide a paste dispenser' which'niay'v be used for various purposes, such `for linstance as the dispensing of soa-p,'fbarber paste soap, lard, peanut butter,` cream candy, andV other characters'of paste like material. l -V iOther objects will be made, manifest in the following 'specification of an embodiment of the invention illustrated inv theaccompanying drawings,r in rwhich I Figure ll"`is a jvertical centra-l section throughvv the device with fthefollower head in its uppermost position, and showing the operati-ng crank in vits initial or Vstarting position. f Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2' of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the follower head retractingldevice- Fig. 4 isv atop plan ofthe devicet i Fig. "5j is a side' elevation looking, toward the '..cranlrfendf of the device. f

Fig. 6 is a sideelevationin a 'planeat right angles tov the' plane of F '5.' i

Z is a detail endelevation of the lower portion of the device showing the discharge plate and a cutter moving acrossthe discharge aperture.l Y

The invention is-hereembodied in' a device Scom-prisinga-suita'ble casing lOrishell if, preferably of cylindrical form, and having an open upper end covered with a simple re movablecap 3 having a flange 4 fitting the upper end of the shell '2, and havinga hol'- lowlchainbe'r extendingA up abovethe top of the shellv to" provide' clearance'for `mechanism therein. The lower end-'- o-f the shell is provided with bottom' shoulders 5, and e251- ten'din'g transversely along vthe bottomv is a screw chamber 6" of'semi'circular form, the top of which opensdirectly into the shell Q. Secured upon the shoulders 5,;whi`ch are diametrically voppositefis affb'ridge barv 7 which'is here4 shown as attached to 'the shoulders by screws 8 passing upwardly through the bottom ofthe shell. Rotatively ljournaled in the bridge 7 is an upstanding screw V9 fwhic'h'fmay have affixed lcollar 10 extends upwardly to the top of the shell, and freely slidable along the screw is a follower disc or head 15 which, preferably, is provided with downwardlyv extending ribs 15aL so that when these ribs are embedded in the substance in the shell, the follower head is prevented from rotation with the screw 9.

To force the follower head down, there is formed upon the same an upwardly extending hub 16 which is provided with a set of pivots 17 extending through radial pockets 16 in the hub 16. On these pivots are mounted lever members having arms 18 extending upwardly and outwardly, and upon the lower portion of the levers are provided jaws 19, the inner faces, adjacent to the lscrew 9, of which are threaded to operatively connect with the screw 9 so that when the latter is rotated by the gear 12, the follower head will be advanced downwardly and thus force the paste or material in the shell down into the dischargev chamber 6.

It is desirable to provide for the ready recovery or retraction of the follower head 15 Vwithout necessitating the reverse rotation of the screw 9 to feed the follower head 15 upwardly, and for this purpose there is arranged around the hub 16 a loose ring or collet 2O which is adapted to be shifted freely up and down the hub 16 so that in its upper position, the edge of the collet 2O will strike the outwardly inclined lever arms 18 and this will throw the threaded jaws 19 outwardly from the screw 9.

To facilitate manipulation of the collet 20, it is provided with outwardly extending diametrically opposed nger pieces 20a to be readily grasped between two ngers when inserted into the shell so that the collet can be lifted to actuate the jaw members 19 as just above described. From this it will be seen that as the gear 12 is rotated, the presser head 15 will be forced down to advance the material in the shell positively into the bottom chamber 6.

In this chamber there is arranged axially a substantial worm or screw 23, one end of which is counter sunk to receive a trunnion 24s. in a discharge plate 25 which may be screwed or otherwise fastened as at 26 to one end of the chamber 6. This discharge plate has a discharge aperture 25l which, preferably, has a radial edge 25b and a tangential edge 25c with an arcuate outer edge 25d thus forming a quadrant-like aperture.

The screw 23 has a shaft section 23a upon which is secured a crown pinion 27 disposed in the chamber 6 and adjacent to a plate 28 fastened to or provided on the contiguous end of the chamber. The shaft 23a passes through the plate 28 and receives a crank 30 by which the shaft may be rotated. When the crankhandle 3()a is in its lowermost position, as in Fig. 1, a shutter 23" on the discharge end of the screw 23 occupies a position over the outlet opening 25a in the chamber 6. Rotating t-he crank in the direction of the arrow as seen in Fig. 5 from its lowermost position, shifts the shutter V23b fromV the opening, and the helix of the screw 23 then advances paste from the chamber 6 outwardly through the opening 25a. One complete rotation'of the crank 30 brings the leading edge 23C ofthe shutter 23b across the opening 25a. This leading edge of the shutter is substantially sharpened to act as a knife for cleanly severing the discharging material. The action of the dispensing screw 23 in one rotation is to advance a predetermined amount of the material according to the purpose for which the device is utilized; for instance when dispensing soap paste, one rotation of the crank 30 and the screw 23 thereof will serve to issue suliicient soap for one service in washing.

The rotation of the screw shaft 23a serves, by means of the gear 27, to concurrently rotate the advancing screw 9, and this acting upon the jaw members 19 causes the follower head 15 to move down a distance which will result in displacing a charge from the shell 2 into the chamber 6 whichV is substantially equal to the amount discharged by the screw 23 from the outlet 25a. rllhiscoordination o-f the advancing means and the expressing screw prevents the excessive transfer o-f the substance from the shell 2 into the chamber 6 and eliminates compression of the substance in the chamber.

The machine as thus constructed includes a sufficiently air tight container to prevent atmospheric action upon the substance in the shell and by utilizing crown teeth gears, the clogging and jamming of the gearing is eliminated and provides for easy operation of the apparatus. An advantage of the arrangementof vthe gear mechanism within the Vshell and chamber compartments, is that these act as mixing and softening agents to facilitate the discharge of the paste from the dispenser.

Further embodiments, modifications and changes maybe resorted to within the spirit of the invention ashere claimed.

What is claimed is: ,f

1. Ina dispensing device, a follower head, a hub extendingupwardly from the axial center of the head, lever members pfivotally mounted to operate radially in the hub and .having arms extending upwardly and outwardly and having jaws extending downwardly and inwardly and provided with segmental screw threads adapted to engage a screw extending through the Vfollo-wer head, a loose ring slidingly mounted upon the hub and adapted to force the jaws inwardly when the ring is moved downwardly, and finger Apieces .extending up-, wardly andoutw'a-rdly from the ring" so` that when the linger pieces are raised to raise the ring the jaws are released and when the ring is depressed the jaws are forced inwardly and locked.

2. A releasable nut comprising a supporting member having a central opening, a hub extending from the supporting member around the opening7 segmental screw threaded jaws pivotally mounted in the hub to lovswing in radial lines and having handles extending upwardly and outwardly, a ring slidingly mounted for axial movement upon the hub and engaging the jaws so that when the ring is pressed downwardly the jaws are forced inwardly and looked and when the ring is raised the jaws are released, and means for operating the ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK TODT. 

